"As far as my music is concerned, I don't really work that hard, because I don't have any visions of grandeur. I know there's a small group of people who will dig it -- and a very large group of people who will never get to find out if they dig it or not, because it will never come across their radar. I'm perfectly OK with it, because i have fun doing it. If I didn't (have fun), I would consider myself a complete failure, and I'm not ready to do that."

As for Rocket From The Crypt's pending reunion tour of Europe (some North American dates will follo in the summer), timing is everything.

"It feels like when we stopped playing (in 2007), it felt like the right thing to do," Reis said, adding: "I'm just speaking personally. I felt like: 'This totally makes sense; nothing can last forever.' There was a point where we were kind of losing the passion. Not to say we didn't like each other, but there was a fierce amount of commitment that I didn't want to give anymore. And going (further) knowing that I felt that way just didn't get me very excited about the future (of the band).

"Then, after five years, I still felt very content not to do (Rocket) anymore. I was playing with other bands, so I never felt like this was something we’d do. And seeing, while playing with The Night Marchers, how commonplace it was for bands to get back and reform, it made me more cynical and it didn't seem like anything we'd ever do (with Rocket). so, it seemed like that was the end of it.

"We did 'Yo Gabba Gabba!' (last fall) for fun; I was going to be there anyhow (in his recurring role) and those guys (at the show) are massive fans of the band, so reforming for a kids show seemed like a completely appropriate thing to do, especially since some of us (in Rocket) have kids and watch the show. Then we started discussing things and we put it out there (to concert promoters) that everyone in the band wants to do it (a reunion tour).

"For me, it was like, for all these years we were playing (in Rocket before), we really wanted people to like us. We did everything on our terms and wanted people to connect, and listen to our music and like it. Now, because of this kids show, people started asking us to play concerts and it was almost like: 'Well, you wanted to have people like you, and now they're asking you to play and you're saying no?' So, it was like: 'We should do this'."

Another major factor, Reis noted, was his 2011 tour with Hot Snakes, another legendary San Diego band that he decided to reunite with for live performances after a nearly six-year hiatus.

"Hot Snakes did play heavily into getting Rocket back together," he affirmed. "Because I saw how easy it could be and that we don't have to have a lot of baggage -- which is self-imposed -- and restriction put on myself. I saw that we could just live in the moment of the band and kind of reap a reward."